Melanie Lenart: How AI Impairs Our Planet's Ability to Moderate Climate Change. Wednesday, November 12 at 12:00 PM (Eastern Time)

Our living planet, which some call Gaia, has evolved ways to respond to climate changes. Yet AI requires monumental amounts of copper mining, land and water, which threatens Gaia’s ability to moderate and adapt to our warming temperatures. 

Our presenter is Melanie Lenart, Ph.D., author of Life in the Hothouse: How a Living Planet Survives Climate Change. The book interprets Gaia theory–which maintains Earth has some means for moderating and adapting to warming temperatures. Dr. Lenart highlights the crucial role of forests and rivers. An environmental scientist and journalist, she has been covering the expansion of Artificial Intelligence and how it impacts our living planet on her Substack publication, Eco-Logic. 

RSVP: Melanie Lenart: How AI Impairs Our Planet's Ability to Moderate Climate Change. Wednesday, November 12 at 12:00 PM (Eastern Time)

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Worldwide Loss of Soil Moisture. Friday, November 14 at 3:00 PM (Eastern Time)

According to a recent study, we have lost 2,623 gigatonnes of water from the soils of the world in the 17 year period from 2000 to 2016. 

2,623 gigatonnes of water is an unimaginable amount of water. One gigatonne is one billion tonnes, or a cubic kilometer of water. 

The soils of the earth are running dry, the soil organisms are dying of thirst. The soils are sloughing off rainfall as they become compacted. And yet, “nobody” is talking about this. 

Let’s change the conversation!

RSVP: The Worldwide Loss of Soil Moisture: Friday, November 14 at 3:00 PM (Eastern Time)